Vehicle storage building



F. P. HATHAWAY VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDING Filed May 29, 1922 F1'ga-Z 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 24 1924. 1.498,?94

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VECLE STORAGE BUILDING.

Application filed May 29, 1922. Serial No. 564,381.

To all whom it-may concem:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. HATHAWAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle Storage Buildings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle storage buildings. 7 The principal object of this invention is to provide means for storing automobiles in tiers in such a manner :that any machine ma be individually removed without distur ing a second machine.

further object is to provide means for accomplishing the movement of a machine in a simple and eflicient manner, and in a minimum amount of time. i

Another object is to simplify the building construction in such a way that a larger number of cars may be stored and ate minimum cost.

Other objects'and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description. V

In the accompanying drawings forming a part, of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, 7

Figure 1 is atop plan view in cross-section taken on thefline 1-1 of Figure 2,

Figure 2 is a cross-section of my store house taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 isa fragmenta detail view showing the manner of gui ing a car in order that it may be placed in the proper position,

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the delivery carriage,

Figure 5 is a top plan View of the delivery carriage,

Figure 6 is a fragmentary detail View of the driving motor and its connections,-and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary detail view the driving clutch mechanism.

At the present time, as far as applicant is aware, automobiles are stored in garages and upon diiferent floors but a great deal of space is wasted between the top ofeach car and the ceiling, and at the same time, no

adequate means is provided for removing the cars. Inmany instances, one car will be parked in front of another, which wastes time moving the cars. It is to obviate all of these disadvantages that 'Ihave devised my invention, wherein the numerals 8, 9, 11 and 12 represent the walls of a building, while doors may be conveniently'placed as shown at 13 and 14. One of the doors such as 13 permits an entrance to elevators such as shown at 16 and 17. These elevators are operated b the usual hoist 18, the construction of w ich is well known. These elevators serve to move cars from one tier to the nextfwhich tiers are designated by the 1 numerals 19,20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. In the present instance, I have shown a two story building, the floor of the second story being designated by the numeral 26 and the roof by the numeral 27, although any number of floors can be employed without affecting the principle of the invention. The purpose of providing floors is to eliminate to a great extent the fire risk. It is-obvious, however, that these floors might be eliminated without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the present instance, I have shown two sets of tiers as will be seen by referring to Figure 2, the same being spaced upon opposite sides of the building. Suitable supports as shown at 28 extend between the tiers and serve to position brackets 29. These brackets in turn support rails 31 upon which the wheels 32 of a delivery carriage, indicated as a whole by the numeral 33, are adapted to travel. These wheels are. secured to a shaft as shown at 34, which shaft extends the entire length of the carriage 33. It is obvious that there are two sets of wheels and two axles on each carria e. These axles are supported beneath the cor of the carriage '33 as by bearings '36and 37, one carriage being provided for each tier as is seen m tier as is best shown in Figure 1, so asto v guide the machine intoits proper place upon the tier. i

By now referring to Figures 4 and 5, it will be noted that I have provided a motor 41, 'which motor carries a worm 42 upon one end of its shaft, which worm is adapted to engage a worm gear 43 mounted upon a shaft 44. This shaft is; in turn. journaled on' the upper surface of the carriage as shown at 46 and 4'? A s rocket 48 is'mounted upon the shaft 44 an is adapted to drive a chain 49, which in turn passes over a sprocket 51. This sprocket is'secured to a gear 53 which in turn meshes with a hevel gear 54. This bevel gear carries an upwardly extending shaft 56, which shaft has a winch 57 secured to its upper extremity and at a point above the surface of the carriage 33. An additional bevel gear v58 is freely rotatable on the shaft 34 and held in engagement with the gear 54; as by a collar 59. llhe opposing faces of the gears 53 and 58 are each provided with a clutch face as shown at 61 and 62, which are adapted to be 1 engaged by a sliding clutch 63 keyed as shown at 64 to the shaft 33, which sliding clutch is movable through a yoke 66 controlled by a lever 67, pivoted as at 68, on the carriage 33. A rope 69 having a hook 71 at one end thereof is adapted to pass over idlers 72 and thence around the winch 57.

The manner of storing a car is as follows A. car is driven upon the elevator 16 and is hoisted to the proper tier, after which the car is pushed from the elevator onto the carriage 33 of the respective tier and the lever .67 is then actuated to cause the clutch 62 to engage either the gear 58 or 53, de

ending upon the direction in which it is desired to move the carriage with respect to the elevator. Assuming that the lever 67 is moved toward the left, the clutch 63 will bebrought into engagement with'the gear- 58 and will receive power from the constantly running motor 41, through its wormZ, gear 43, shaft 44:, sprocket 48, chain; 49, sprocket 51, tubular shaft 52, gear 53 and gear 54. As soon as the proper stall has been reached, the clutch is disengaged and the car is moved into its proper stall preferably by its own. power. If, however, the

driver of the car has left and the motor is locked, the hook 71 is attached to the machine, and by tightening the rope around the-winch which revolves continuously receiving its power from the motor 41 above described, the car may be moved from the carriage into its proper stall. By providing theidlers 72, it is obvious that the rope may be carried into the stall and attached to the car, and then by tightening the rope around the winch, the car can be brought from the stall back onto the carriage.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that l have provided means whereby. a large number of cars may be stored in a most compact manner, and stored and removed in a minimum amount of time, and at the same time l have provided means for handling the cars Without the necessity of disturbing other cars.

lit is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spiritv of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, ll claim v 1. In a structure of the character described, the combination with a building having tiers formed on opposite sides thereof, rails mounted adjacent each of said tiers, a delivery carriage extending between said tiers, said delivery carriage comprising a suitable flooring having guides mounted thereon, axles supported beneath said floor, wheels mounted on said axles and adapted to move on said rails, a tubular shaft supported on one of said axles, a beveled gear secured to said tubular shaft, a second bevel gear meshing with said first mentioned bevel gear, said second mentioned bevel gear having an upwardly extending shaft, a Winch secured thereon at a point above the floor of said carriage, a third bevel gear meshing with said second mentioned bevel gear, and means for forming a driving connection between said first and third mentioned bevel gears and said axle.

2. ltn a structure of the character described, the combination with a building having tiers formed on opposite sides thereof, rails mounted adjacent each of said tiers, a delivery carriage extending between said tiers, said delivery carriage comprising a 1 suitable flooring having guides mounted thereon, axles supported beneath said floor,

Wheels mounted on said aides and adapted to move on said rails, a tubularshaft supported on one of said axles, a bevel gear secured to said tubular shaft, a second bevel gear meshing with said first mentioned bevel gear, said second mentioned bevel gear having an upwardly extending shaft, a winch secured thereon at a of said carriage, a third bevel gear meshing with said second mentioned bevel gear, means for forming a driving connection between said first and third mentioned bevel gears and said axle, and means for rotating said tubular shaft from said motor.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK P. HATHAWAY.

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